Stress and Depression

Stress and Depression

Stress causes imbalances in hormones and neurotransmitters that affect mood as well as mental function. Sometimes these imbalances cause anxiety or mood swings, and other times they are causes of depression and other illnesses. When you have stress, your immune system become weakens and increases the ability for disease. Disease is comes from dis-ease.

Peri-menopause, Menopause, and Depression
Peri-menopause can seem to add to the stress level, and can certainly create hormonal imbalances that affect mood and mental function. Many women feel disoriented and confused by what is happening to them. The estrogen dominance so common in peri-menopause can exacerbate symptoms of depression.

Help For Depression
The solution for depression depends upon the severity of your symptoms. Any woman experiencing symptoms of depression should talk to her healthcare provider or a mental health professional. For women with clinical depression or mood disorders, antidepressants are often essential, at least temporarily. When depression is a symptom of peri-menopause, menopause, or stressful conditions,a combined natural approach can provide relief. A natural approach consists of regular exercise, a healthy diet, vitamin supplements and natural progesterone cream.

Dr. John Lee recommends using a>Natural Progesterone cream for peri-menopausal women. Twice a day ½ to 1 tsp for two weeks after ovulation, stop while menstruating and start again after ovulation.